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Library Live

DOWNLOADABLE MAGAZINES, GET YOUR HOLIDAY RECIPES!

Do you have a smart phone, Nook, Kindle, or tablet? If so, you might like to know more about our downloadable magazines for your electronic devices. Our service is called Zinio and we have several hundred magazine titles you can download and keep as long as you want, no need to return them. You can even checkout back issues from up to two years ago. Get started by visiting the iTunes Store or Play Store and down-load the free Zinio app. Once you create an account, you can log into your library and begin browsing all the magazines, always available, no wait! Another great feature is to set your preferences so that you can be notified when the next issue of your favorite magazines become available. Some great titles to get you in the holiday baking mood include: Holiday Baking, Taste of Home, 30-Minute Meals, Weight Watchers, Martha Stewart Living, Food Network, and Eating Well. Start your digital magazine collection today by visiting our library website, www.mcpls.org. And don’t worry, we still have many great magazine titles you can check out at our library branches, too. Stop in and visit to see other great titles to add to your holiday planning.

Director’s Spotlight

The Holidays are Here

The holidays are finally here again with smells of pumpkin pie, cinna-mon, turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, and cranberries. Houses are deco-rated with lights, cornstalks, pump-kins, snowmen, and reindeer. Fami-lies are visiting, trees are going up, cocoa is being served. The library can help with all of your decorating and cooking needs. We have audio books, DVDs, and ebooks that can help put fantastic meals on the table, and create that one of a kind holiday style. For holi-day dinners that will have them reaching for seconds, try Holiday entertaining essentials: Thanksgiv-ing desserts, and Thanksgiving sides, both ebooks by Adams Me-dia. Thanksgiving 101: celebrate America’s favorite holiday with America’s Thanksgiving expert by Rick Rodgers, or The Thanksgiving book: an illustrated treasury of lore, tales, poems, prayers, and the best holiday feasting by Jerome Agel and Jason Shulman. The Christmas season officially gets started the day after Thanksgiving. A Christmas Companion by Maria

Robbins offers recipes, traditions, and customs from around the world. Home-style decorations can be found in Christmas Handcrafts by Oxmoor House, 365 Ways to Pre-pare for Christmas by David E. Monn, or Celebrate the Season by Better Homes and Gardens. Cook-ing up that holiday meal is a snap when you check out Christmas with Southern Living from Oxmoor House, 101 Christmas Recipes by Gooseberry Patch, A baker’s field guide to Chrismas cookies by Dede Wilson, or Busy People’s fun, fast, festive Christmas Cookbook. Don’t forget to pick up some great titles for sitting in front of a cozy fire sipping that hot cocoa! The Man-nington Friends of the library group holds weekly booksales on Fridays from 10:00-4:00, and Saturdays from 9:00-1:00. The Marion County Public Library will hold two Saturday sales, November 8th and December 6th from 9:00-11:00. Or if you are too rushed to stop and browse, put titles on hold from our website and we’ll call you when they are availa-ble. All you have to do it stop in and pick check them out! What could be easier than that?

Happy Holidays!

Volume 9 Issue 11

November 2014

Contents: The Holidays Are Here ............... 1 Director’s Spotlight ..................... 1 Special Features ........................ 2 Playaway .................................... 2 Playaway View ........................... 2 Expected Bestsellers .................. 2 Large Print .................................. 2 DVDs .......................................... 2 Fairmont ..................................... 3 Bookmobile Schedule ................ 3 Mannington................................. 4 Fairview ...................................... 5 Audio Books ............................... 5 Calendar of Events ..................... 5 Ebooks ....................................... 5 Marion LiBearian ........................ 6 Book Clubs ................................. 6 Coloring Page............................. 7 Join the Friends .......................... 8

www.mcpls.org

Erika Reed, Director

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Print

Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline Bue Labyrinth by Douglas J. Preston The Burning Room by Michael Connely The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark The Escape by David Baldacci Hope to Die by James Patterson The Job by Janet Evanovich Let Sleeping Dogs Lie by Rita Mae Brown A New York Christmas by Anne Perry Private India by James Patterson The Promise by Robert Crais Revival by Stephen King The Siege by Arturo Perez-Reverte Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann

Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline Change of Heart by Jude Deveraux Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell The Handsome Man’s Delux Café by Alexander McCall Smith Havana Storm by Clive Cussler Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult Maeve’s Time by Maeve Binchy Private India by James Patterson The Promise by Robert Crais Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella

Large Print

Bestsellers Expected in October

National Game and Puzzle Week

November 23-29 is National Game and Puzzle Week. It’s a chance for families and friends to get together and have fun! What’s your preference? Board games, card games, video games or yard games? Everything counts as long as you do it to-gether! Fairview Public Library is bringing back Family Fun Night beginning this month. Every Tuesday and Thursday, families are invited to stop in and play a variety of board games, work puzzles, and do some holiday crafting! Trivia buffs can stop by during the day on November 20th from 9:00-4:00 to try their luck at What Do You Know About That? for patrons ages 14-up. The Marion County Public Library sponsors TableTop Games every Wednesday from 5:00-9:00 p.m. It features non-traditional board games fun for ages 15-up. Check out Tabletop games by Will Wheaton online to see the type of games we have. Popcorn, chips, and drinks are served and admis-sion is free! The group keeps growing weekly, so stop by and stay as long as you can. For more infor-mation, contact Dan at 304-366-1210.

DVDs

Playaways Audio

Blood Magick by Nora Roberts The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark The Escape by David Baldacci Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell Hope to Die by James Patterson The Job by Janet Evanovich Pegasus by Danielle Steel Revival by Stephen King

Views

Animorphs Vol. 1 Christmas Cartoon Collection 2 Meet the Phonics-Digraphs Clifford the Big Red Dog, Vol 2

22 Jump Street Hercules How to Train Your Dragon 2 If I Stay Into the Storm

Jersey Boys Let’s Be Cops Maleficent Million Ways to Die in the West Planes Fire & Rescue

Purge, The Anarchy Step Up All In Tammy Tyler Perry’s a Madea Christmas

(Check you local branch for more titles)

Gaming Day @ the Library!

Celebrate International Gaming day at the library. Satur-day, November 15th is International Game Day and the library will be celebrating with various games throughout the library. Join in on the scavenger hunt, board games, and other fun activities. Popular board games, activity sheets, crosswords and more will be available. A Wii bowling tournament will take place starting at 2:00 p.m. Come early and stay as long as you can!

Teen Crafternoon

Grab you favorite magazines and use pictures to create works of art! We will be decoupaging pictures onto mini canvases for the Teen Crafternoon on November 18th at 4:30. Use our pictures or bring your own, just make sure they are about 2x2, and all other supplies will be provid-ed. Sign-up is required, so call us at 304-366-1210.

Adult Craft Class

Our adult craft class will be taking a hiatus through the holiday season. We will resume in January 2015, when we will begin a series of quilting classes. More infor-mation will be provided in December’s newsletter. See you then!

Turkey, Turkey, Turkey Day

Join us Saturday, November 22nd to get ready for this fun filled holiday. We’ll be making various Thanksgiving crafts, coloring sheets, puzzles, and other fun things. Ac-tivities will take place from 2:00-3:30 p.m. Make a fun decoration to make your Thanksgiving festive!

Tabletop Game Club

They’re not your parents’ board games! Join us on Wednesdays from 5:00-9:00 for some untraditional board games. Bring your own games, or use ours, either way it’s free to play and you’ll have a great time! Refresh-ments are provided, come when you can and stay as long as you want!

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Marion County Public Library

321 Monroe Street, Fairmont, WV 26554

304-366-1210

MCPLS Bookmobile

ROUTE SCHEDULE Autumn 2014 * MONDAY Monongah Park Trailhead: 11:00-12:00 Monongah Hutchinson: 1:00-1:45 Woodlands Assisted Living Stepping Stone, Inc: 3:45-4:45 East Grafton Road TUESDAY Grant Town: 9:30-10:30 Community Center lot Heart Junction Child Care: 10:30-11:30 Rivesville [2nd & 4th Week] Pierpont Laboratory Preschool: 1:30-2:30 FSU Campus [2nd & 4th Week] Disability Action Center: 2:30-3:30 102 Benoni Ave [2nd Week] Wishing Well/ Genesis: 2:30-3:30 Country Club Road [1st & 3rd Week] Boys & Girls Club: 3:45-4:45 Watson Elem: Mary Lou Retton Dr [2nd & 4th Week] WEDNESDAY Whitehall: 9:00-10:00 Middletown Mall Pleasant Valley: 10:30-11:30 Valley Chapel United Meth. Lot NASA IV & V: 12:00-1:00 Back parking lot [1st & 3rd Week] Bunner Ridge: 2:30-3:30 Sagebrush Roundup lot [1st & 3rd Week] Boys & Girls Club: 3:45-4:45 Blackshere Elementary [2nd & 4th Week] THURSDAY Bright Beginnings Day Care: 9:30-10:30 22 Moran Circle, Rt 73 Sunbeam Child Care Center: 11:00-12:00 Mary Lou Retton Drive Rock Lake: 2:00-3:00 Community Center Colfax: 3:30-4:30 Community Center *schedule subject to change, call 304-366-1210

Friends Book Sale

The weather is getting cooler and it’s time to load up on books for the winter. If you’re looking for books in great condition, check us out on Fridays from 10:00-4:00 and Saturdays from 9:00-1:00.

Huddle Time!

Pop Open a Good Book. We’re all in for Monday Night Huddle Time. Jami’s planning Game Night and a Thanksgiving Party this month. Huddle Time is a new program for K-4 this fall. Every Monday, Jami will alternate weekly programs; featuring school-age sto-ries and activities between K-2 and 3-4 graders. To register call 304-986-2803. Space is limited.

Story Time

Pop Open a Good Book! with Mrs. Jami. She’s plan-ning a great time while we Fall into Books, grow some Crazy Hair, and throw a Thanksgiving Party this month. Story Time is a pre-school program instil-ling the love of reading into our 2-5 year-olds. The program is every Wednesday at 10:30. To register, call the library, as space is limited.

Saturday Morning Movie

Grab a Ticket! We will be featuring Planes Fire and Rescue on November 15th at 11:00. Everyone is wel-come. Refreshments will be served.

Pizza Party

We’re celebrating Blackshere Elementary’s first grade class the month of November. Each time a first grade student visits the library this month, we will give them a pizza topping for each item they check out. The class with the most toppings will win a Pizza Party and special story read, compliments of the library.

Reading is a Feast

Mrs. Alicia keeps things moving in November with her weekly Toddler Time and Story Hour classes. Partici-pants will be able to celebrate Starry Nights-PJ Party, Scarecrows and Pumpkins, and Giving Thanks with all new stories, crafts, and games. Remember during the week of November 24th there will be no classes due to Thanksgiving Break.

The After School Movie returns on November 25th with Free Birds. Since space is limited for this event, registration is required and can be completed over the phone or in person. A light snack will be provided, and those coming directly from school will be able to walk to the library with Mrs. Alicia.

Juvenile Patron Appreciation Grab Bag Giveaway for 2014 concludes in November. Children who present their library card when checking out can fill out a tick-et for the drawing, and one entry will be randomly chosen as the winner.

Enjoy Fall (Before it Leaves)

There’s fun for the whole family in November. Teens and t’weens can join us for their After School Movie on November 18th-Fred Claus. Mrs. Linda will also be providing snacks and crafts to tie into the movie’s holiday theme. Space is limited so registration is re-quired; this event is open to juvenile patrons in grades 4-8.

Family Fun Night makes its return every Tuesday in November from 4:00-6:00 p.m. beginning on Novem-ber 4th. Families are invited to play board games, work puzzles, and do some holiday crafting while they’re here so be sure to stop by for some fun!

Trivia buffs can join us on November 20th from 9:00-4:00 p.m. for our monthly contest, What Do You Know About That? Patrons ages 14-up are eligible to participate, and the patron with the most correct an-swers wins a prize. Stop by and see this month’s dis-plays, Talking Turkey, and our Veteran’s Day display, featuring scrapbooks specific to Fairview during WWII.

A Driving Spirit

The library will be sponsoring Food Pantry and Mitten Tree drives. From November 12-December 12, we will be accepting non-perishable food items, and from November 1-December 5, we will collect various items of children’s winter clothing to be donated to Fairview Elementary. Every little bit counts! www.mcpls.org

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Fair Fairview Public Library

500 Main Street, Fairview, WV 26570

304-449-1021

Mannington Public Library

109 Clarksburg Street, Mannington, WV 26582

304-986-2803

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Marion County Public Library

Fairview Branch

Marion County Public Library System

Nov. 5,12,19: TableTop Games 5:00-9:00 Nov. 8, Dec. 6: Friends Book Sale. 9:00-11:00 Nov. 9-15: Fine Free Week Nov. 11: Closed Nov. 18: Teen Crafternoon Nov. 19: Book It! Nov. 22: Turkey, Turkey, Turkey Day Nov. 24: Awesome Readers’ Club Nov. 27-29: Closed

Mannington Branch

Nov. 3,17: Huddle Time K-2 Nov. 7,14,21: Book Sale 10:00-4:00 Nov. 8,15,22: Book Sale 9:00-1:00 Nov. 9-15: Fine Free Week Nov. 10, 24: Huddle Time Gr. 3-4 Nov. 11: Closed Nov. 15: Saturday Movie @ the library Nov. 20: Cover2Cover Nov. 24: Fiction Addiction Book Club Nov. 27-29: Closed

New E-Books

Angel by Jon Grahame Are You Loathsome by Poppy Z. Brite Explosive Engagement by Lisa Childs Fear by Stefan Zweig The Final Solution by Michael Chabon The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson Once is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann Roses for a Diva by Rick Blechta Shadows of the Silver Screen by Christopher Edge Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

New E-Audio Books

Dirty Daddy by Bob Saget Fatal Dive by Peter F. Stevens Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Romancing the Duke by Tessa Dare Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman Sally Ride by Lynn Sherr Snail Mail No More by Paula Danziger Trouble in Mind by Jeffery Deaver

Nov. 1-26: Mitten Tree Drive

Nov. 1-26: Coloring Workshop

Nov. 1-26: Juvenile Patron Apprec. Giveaway

Nov. 1-26: Nuts to This Guessing Game

Nov. 3,10,17: Toddler Time

Nov. 4,18,25: Family Fun Niight

Nov. 4,18,25: Tuesday Nite Knitters

Nov. 5,6,12,13,19,20: Story Hour

Nov. 9-15: Fine Free Week

Nov. 11: Closed

Nov. 12-26: Food Pantry Drive

Nov.18: Circle Time 1

Nov. 18: Teen Movie Night

Nov. 20: Trivia Contest

Nov. 21: Page Turners

Nov. 25: Circle Time 2

Nov. 25: After School Movie

Nov. 25: Speaking of Books

Nov. 27-29: Closed

New Audio Books

Betrayed by Lisa Scottoline Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston The Burning Room by Michael Connelly The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark The Escape by David Baldacci Flesh and Blood by Patricia Cornwell The Handsome Man’s Deluxe Café by Alexander McCall Smith Hope to Die by James Patterson The Job by Janet Evanovich A Last Goodbye by J. A. Jance Private India by James Patterson The Promise by Robert Crais Revival by Stephen King Undercover Princess by Suzanne Brockmann Wicked Ways by Lisa Jackson

Fairmont

Book It! will meet on November 19th at 6:00 p.m. at the Literacy Volunteers classroom to discuss Witches, Ghosts, and Signs by Patrick W. Gainer.

Based on material Patrick Gainer collected from over fifty years of field research in West Virginia and the re-gion, Witches, Ghosts, and Signs presents the rich heritage of the southern Appalachians in a way that has never been equaled. ~Amazon

The Awesome Readers’ Club will meet on November 24th at 4:30. We’re doing things a little different-ly this month. Each member is in-vited to bring one of their favorite books to discuss with the group. Let us know why you like this title, and how you came to read it. It can be fiction, or nonfiction, even poet-ry!

Fairview

Speaking of Books will Novem-ber 25th to discuss A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg.

With the same incomparable style and warm, inviting voice that have made her beloved by millions of readers, Fannie Flagg has written an enchanting Christmas story of faith and hope for all ages that is sure to become a classic.~ Amazon Page Turners will meet Novem-ber 21st to discuss Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Jan-zen.

Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned forty, her world turned up-side down. It was bad enough that her husband of fifteen years left her for an-other man, but that same week a car ac-cident left her in-jured…~Amazon

Mannington

Fiction Addiction will meet No-vember 24th at 5:00 to discuss Be-tween The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke.

Grades 5-8 are invit-ed to attend. We will also enjoy an activity based on the book. Call the library at 304-986-2803 for more information.

Cover 2 Cover will meet on No-vember 15th at 1:30 to discuss As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner.

Sam, 17, is obsessed with the Vietnam War and the effect it has had on her life—losing a father she never knew and now living with Uncle Emmett, who seems to be suf-fering from the effects of Agent Orange. ~ Google Books

Hello All!

HELLO FALL! The leaves are falling, the weather is cool, pumpkins and more appear to our delight. Stop in the library to check out all of the fall items we have gathered for you. The holiday season will be here short-ly, so remember the library for all your needs from cook books to decorating ideas. We always have new and exciting leisure reading with our monthly additions as well. The month of November is highlighted by the traditional event of Thanksgiving. On behalf of the library staff, we graciously say thank you for all of your support. We wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Marion LiBearian, the Town Librarian

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Marion LiBearian

The Town Librarian

Says...

Marion County Public Library System

321 Monroe Street

Fairmont, WV 26554

You Are Cordially Invited…

Each library branch in our system has its own Friends of the Library group. These wonderful volunteers help

with library programming, run our book sales, raise money for library supplies and equipment, and work tire-

lessly for the good of our staff and patrons. They are always looking for new members with a little extra time

who are interested in working with some great people.

If you are interested in joining the Friends group, please contact your preferred branch below for information

on yearly membership dues. Detach this form and mail it along with your dues ($25: Patron, $5: Individual)

to the appropriate address. Your help and participation would be greatly appreciated!

Name_________________________________________________________

Address_______________________________________________________

City_____________________________________State_______Zip________

Phone_________________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________________